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Cover legal ethics, bar discipline, business practice, the tension between the bar and the academy, ethical theory, and comparative legal professions.
By Alan Childress, Mike Frisch, and Jeff Lipshaw

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Last Entry: April 01, 2011 at 14:56:26

New Procedures For Lawyer Assistance

Posted on March 04, 2008
The Arkansas Supreme Court has adopted new procedures for the operation of the program that provides help to addicted lawyers. The new procedures "more correctly reflect the day-to-day activities, responsibilities and other programs attendant to the effective operation of the...

Probation Revoked For Misconduct In Probation Revocation Case

Posted on March 04, 2008
The North Carolina Court of Appeals affirmed an order of the state disciplinary commission imposing a 90 day suspension for ethical misconduct that was found to violate a previous order of disciplinary probation. Ironically, the misconduct involved abandonment of a...

Michael Clayton: The Only Thing That Could Be More Unrealistic Than Its Portrayal of Bipolar Mania is If I Suggested that I Bear Any Resemblance to George Clooney (although I look a little like Tilda Swinton by the end of a 100 minute class)

Posted on March 03, 2008
Posted by Jeff Lipshaw Alan has challenged me to address his speculations. I didn't want to see Michael Clayton, even though I heard it was good. I have never seen Erin Brockovitch or A Civil Action. Yes, it's true that...

Unsolicited Contact Does Not Make A Prospective Client

Posted on March 03, 2008
The Professional Ethics Committee of Florida Bar has a new proposed ethics opinion that deals with obligations to prospective clients. Under circumstances where a putative prospective client makes an unsolicited contact with an attorney, the committee opines: "The committee's opinion...

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Mississippi Contempt

Posted on March 03, 2008
An attorney retained to represent a grandmother and mother in a child-custody matter was held in contempt of court by the Chancery Court for failure to appear at a hearing, violating a gag order and a youth court confidentiality statute,...

Avoiding A Substantial Relationship Issue

Posted on March 03, 2008
The District of Columbia Bar's Legal Ethics Committee has recently issued an opinion that concludes that a lawyer can avoid violation of Rule 1.9's proscription against being adverse to a former client in a "substantially related" matter by limiting the...

E-Discovery Rules Proposed in California

Posted on March 03, 2008
The California Bar Journal reports that proposed rules governing electronic discovery are under consideration. The proposals from the California Judicial Council would amend two case management court rules as well as an amendment to the state Civil Discovery Act...